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y'know what I hate the most about the ATSV fandom? They'll give you pages worth of analysis on Miguel, justifying why he did what he did to Miles, but immediately dismiss, disregard, and write off Jess as “mean”, or “a bitch”, “a traitor” or whatever the hell else they say, like she isn't following the same ideals as miguel??? it's canon that she's second in command of the Society, so don't you think she'd be just as deep in this shit as he is? or do y'all not see black women as complex characters? istg, it's easier for y'all to slap a stereotype on them and call it a day. and honestly, the same can be said for how THAT side of the fandom treats margo in contrast to you know who, but that's a whole 'nother can of worms..
All Spider mfs remind me of cats, the way their eyes move, the way they just • • and the way they schoop around y'know
They're all built like string cheese, besides most of the adult ones, and that's so just MWAH of the animators. Even stuff like TSSM and USM have the string cheese cat look, but it's in a way that I just can't explain.
ALSO THE ANIMATORS BASED MILES OFF A BABY DEER THATS SO CUTE OMG??
I can't help but fanboy over funny spider people and their funny stretchy ass limbs and kitty flexibility
How people are treating Hobie Brown, and British punks / people as a whole, reeks of classism, privilege and plain ignorance. It's so painfully obvious when somebody who has no clue about punk history, or even the basic idea of poverty in Britain, writes about or speaks about Hobie and his universe.
Let's also discuss the way people immediately assume Hobie is a thief who has no hygiene, and how that's a god damn issue. There is NO mention in the comics or movie of him not washing himself or being a kleptomaniac, not only that, but aren't wicks hard to maintain? It's obvious he doesn't use 3 in 1.
This assumption of Hobie is racism and that much is obvious, but is also rooted in classist beliefs and common stereotypes about punks used to demonise the movement. People also threw around this 'headcanon' in the first movie with Miles, it's a CLEAR pattern.
Don't even get me started on cishet people in this fandom and how heteronormative / homophobic people are in regards to Hobie. 'B-But Hobies universe is the 70's 🥺🥺 he'd hate gay and trans people...👉👈' Do your god damn research?? The punk and LGBTQ+ movements have always been closely intertwined. I have seen a comic panel where Hobie literally kisses Captain Anarchy, but even if that isn't real and was edited, he is still friends with Captain Anarchy, who's a confirmed gay man.
All in all, please, for the love of god, just treat Hobie Brown like you treat Peter Parker. Treat him like the well written character that he is. He's not some racist, classist stereotype you can push your bigoted beliefs onto.
Just wait until I get onto how misogynistic this fandom is toward Spiderbyte and Spidergwen, don't get me started because I will make another post.
margo art :3 love herrr